Combined vending-machine and game apparatus.



G. F. W. SCHULTZE. COMBINEDVENDING MACHINE AND GAME APPARATUS.

4APPLICATION FILED MAR. I9. |918.

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G. F. W. SCHULTZE. COMBINED VENDING MACHINE AMD GAME APPARATUS.

APPLXCATION FILED MAR. I9. 1918.

Patented Apr. '1, 1919.

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G. F. W. SCHULTZE.

COMBINED VENDIN'G MACHINE AND GAMI:` APPARATUS.

' APPLICATION FILED MAR.I9.19I8. 1,298,800.

Patented Apr. 1,1919.

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' certain new and v Combined Vending-Machines and Game Apparatus, of which the following is a speci- GUSTAV F. W. SCEULTZE, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

COMBINED VENDINGr-MACHINE AND GAME APPARATUS.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GUs'rAv F. W. SCHULTZE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the lcounty of Alameda and State of California, have invented useful Improvements in cation.

This `invention relates to a combined vending device and amusement apparatus wherein the purchasing coin or token deposited in the vending apparatus is capable of vbeing projected or catapulted toward a target and if la certain score is made the token is returned, the merchandise being obtained free, otherwise the token is retained in the apparatus. c

The principal object of the invention is to provide a device wherein the skill ormarksmanship of the purchaser in shooting the deposited coin or token controls the final disposal of said coin or token, whereby a skilled marksman is enabled to vobtain the merchandise dispensed by the vending apparatus and is also enabled, due to his good marksmanship, to obtain the return of said purchasing coin or token. A

Withthe above mentioned and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts herein-'after described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claim hereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of lconstruction within the scope of the claim may be resorted lto without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any ofthe advantages of the invention. 4

To rmore fully comprehend the invention,

` reference should be had to the accompanying whereinsheets of drawings,

` front elevationof Figure 1l 1s.a `view in the preferred embodiment of my invention.

Fig. 21s avertical sectional view taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 1,'viewed in the direction of the arrows..

Fig. 3 is line 3-3 of Fig. 2, `and viewed in the direction of the arrows.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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top wall; 4 the bottom wall wall, forming a'suitable housing or casing,` the front wall and the top wall being preferably of glass, v as indicated at 6.

'chamber is formed a suitable merchandise or article' holding casing'- a vertical sectional view taken on APatented Apr. 1, 1919.

Application led March 19, 1918. Serial No. 223,278.

token slot and the merchandise lvending apparatus.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Fig. a, disclosing the laterally disposed slot for conveying the purchasing coin or token 4to the shooting apparatus.

Fig. 6 isa view in detail, taken on line 6 6 einig.

Fig. 7 is a sectional. view taken on line 3, illustrating the Ymechanism for returning the purchasing coin or token after a proper score is made therewith. Fig. 8 is a longitudinal sectional view of thep-referred form'of shooting apparatus. Fig. 9'is a sectional view taken online 9#9 of Fig. s. e

Referring more particularly to the several views of the drawings, characters of reference designate corresponding parts, the reference numeral 1 indicates the front wall; 2 the side walls; 3 the and 5 the rear the upper portion of one side,

At one si e of the 7 adapted preferchocolate ablyfor the containing ofvgum,

articles are positioned or the like, which therein in superimposed relation within ya guide 8.

A slide gate 9 havingl an operating handle l0 extending eXteriorly` of' the front wall,

controls -the dispensing of the merchandise, andy said gate is provided with a recess-11 normally lying beneath the guide 8 and of a sufficient depth and size to enable a single varticle to be dispensed.`l The i gate slides on a suitable plate 12 having anaperture 13 for registeringwith the recess 1v1 on the inward manual depression of the gate 9. Thusv on each'inward manualfmovement o-f the gate 9, the article to be within the recess 11, drops from the slide gate 9 through the opening 13 into a suitable discharge chute 14T, terminatingl at its louter end in a cup 15. Y

'The operation of the slide gate 9 is'controlled by the depositing of a controlling coin or token within theupper end of a vertically disposed slot or guide 16. Positionedwithin the slot or guide 16 is a lever 17 fulcrumed within its length, as at 18, and

wherein like dispensed, Yand contained" 1`adapted when the lever lies in its sition, as in Fig. 4, to be kreceived in an.

carrying at its rear end a weight 19 which is sufficient to-'n'ormally maintain the free yend of said lever raised, but is capable of being overbalanced by the weight of the controlling coin or token.

Depending l per end to the 'lever 17 is a controlling rod 20, the lower curved `end, 21 of which is alined opening 22 formed in the plate 12 and slide gate 9, thereby precluding inward movement of the slide gate. On the del pressingof the free end of the lever-by the weight of the operating coin yor token, said lcurvedk end 21 is released from the opening 22, and said lever is maintained in a downwardly inclined position by a suitable pivotally mounted latch 23, which-is adapted lto overliej the freeend of said lever 17.

en in this position the slide gate 9 is capable of inward movement to dispense the merchandise, fthedelivery of which is controlled thereby. l The lslide gate 9 carries a laterally disposed lug 24 which is adapted on the inward movement'of said slide gate to contact with the lower end of a-trip. member 25 fulcrumed ask at 26 adjacent its upper end, and the extreme upper end-of which is adaptedforengaging the bent end y27 of the latch 23 vwhen y-the same is'in va perpendicular position to 4force the same from contact with the upper surface ofthe vfree bent end 28 of the "lever 17.

gate 9 and prevents the secondinward `move-` ment of the same during the return outward movement of the slide .gate by the spring 30.

On the completion. of the outward movement of the slide lgate by the spring 30, the curved portion 2l other controlling token or coi-n. f

A Positioned in proximity Y-to the .lower end of the slotted .coin or token .receiving guide v16 is the upper end of another coin or token receiving :guide 32 which is adaptedto re- -ceive the coin immediately after the "same depressesthe free :end of the lever 17, -said v guide fconveyingthe coin or tokenat a down.-

ward inclination and .delivering the same Vintoan inlet opening33 inthe upper surface i of'a suitable proj-ectingdevice 34, illustrated vided with a suitable slot 1 thereof, and is also provided with 1.a hammer l in the form of a pistol. The pistol ispro- 35 in the barrel 36 37 Ppivo-teol as at `38- and .formedwith an infrom and fulcrumed at its up;A

ing laterally from the barrel.

`extending Within the casing yor coins passing ...ed as at of the rod 20 is again rel ceived in the opening 22 in the Slide gate vand locks the same until the deposit of andischarge chute tegral trigger 39, the firing pin 40 of the hammer adapted to extend through an openingu41 in the rear downwardly curved portion of the barrel slot 35.

A lControlling spring' 42, the tension of which is kcapable ofbeing varied by any suitable means, -as by `the adjusting screw 43, is received at its free end in a recess 44 in the hammer 37 adjacent the fulcrum point thereof,.said spring being designed to either retain the hammer in cocked position or to exert pressure on the hammerwhen it is desired to move the same on its yfulcrum by pressure on the trigger to discharge the coin or token from the curved inner end thereof.

As in dotted lines, Fig.l 9, the coin or;-

token projecting pistol normally lies with .the butt 45 thereof in substantial alinement with the discharge end,` of the yreceiving guide 32 to position the opening 33 vin the bar-rel in register therewith,l this-being accomplished by the weighted arm 46 extend- The barrel is provided with a substantial spherical por- 'tion 47 mounted in the fulcrum 48dwithin of the .barrel .the front wall 1, the muzzle and the butt thereof lying without the said casing, thereby enabling the operator, after the reception j of the com ortoken within theslot35, to .aim the pistol toward described. v

VIn spaced relationin front of the rear Wall 5 is a false wall 49 provided with a suitable target 50-on the face thereof, said target being provided with` vaslotted opening v51 vthrough which-the controlling-coin or token 'j as disohargedfrom the pistol may pass,.pro

vided the pistol is properly aimed.

vThe tokens orc'oinsstriking the wall 49 the target, hereinafter and noty passing through the -opening 51 in the target thereon drop in front of said wall and pass throughthe opening 52 into a suitvable receptacle or chamber 53. The tokens through theopening `51 are received within a trough 54 pivotally mount' 55, at a point vbelow the opening 5l within the chamber 56, said trough preferably lprovi-ded at one end with a' signal defviee57, the one illustrated being in lthe form of a Hag, and said trough is adapted on the reception -of a .coinor token to pivoton its fu-lcrum point 55 and toassume a position as in Fig. 3 of thefdrawings, raisingfthe signal or fla-g above the false, Wall 49, indicating to themarlosman that 'a bullspye has been g rrr-ade. `:Onl the pivoting of thetrough the coin or Vtoken .receivedtherein will Islide -toward the discharge end 58.thereof, Ebut will be precluded from. passing therefrom into a .arm `60 from the-discharge lend 58l of the 59 extending tothe front of trough 5LB by the operator grasping the outer end 61 thereof which projects in front of the casing, the coin or token will be released from the trough 54 and be returned to the operator, thus the operator will have obtained the merchandise free, the coin having passed through the slot 51, due to his expert marksmanship, and returned in the slot 59.

To prevent the operator from'clogging or jamming the coin or token projecting device by depositing therein a number of tokens or controlling coins in such mamier as to position a coin to pass'through the opening 3,3 and to remain in the discharge end of the guide 32, said guide is provided in its underface, adjacent its lower end, with a cutout or opening 62 of a size suflicient to permit the dropping of a coin therethrough. 0n the registering of the slot 3.3 with the lower end of the guide 32, the coins passing through said guide travel at suiicient speed to jump the cutout 62 and pass into the slot 35 through the opening 33. However, should said opening be closed, due to the reception of a number of tokens in the slot 35, or should a solid portion of the pistol register with the lower end of the slot 32, the movement of the coins or tokens will be arrested at the lower end of said slot 32 and said coins will pass through the opening 62.

By my present a combined amusement device with a vending machine or apparatus and after the merchandise has been obtained, the operator, if he so desires, may test his marksmanship by Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the apparatus I have provided projecting the coin or token by which the merchandise was obtained, and if the coin or token is projected through the slot 51, the same is returned, thus the merchandise is obtained free. However, if the coin or token d-oes not pass through the opening 51, said coin is retained in the apparatus in payment of the purchase price of the merchandise.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is A coin or token controlled vending apparatus including an article dispensing mechanism, a coin or token receiving runway cooperating therewith means operated by a depositing coin or to en within said runway for releasing said dispensing mechanism to permit the operation thereof, a plurality of coin or token disposal runways spaced from the discharge end of said coin or token receiving runway, one terminating eXteriorly of the apparatus and another interiorly of the apparatus, and means associated with the receiving runway and under the control of the operator of the apparatus for receiving the controlling coin or token discharged from said receiving runway and for projecting the same to one of said discharge runways.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specication in the presence of a subscribing witness.

GUSTAV F. W.- SCHULTZE.

Witness D. B. RICHARDS.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

